YOKOHAMA--City officials here are hoping that the Yokohama Air Cabin, Japan's first urban ropeway, will offer a huge lift to tourism in the port city when it starts operations on April 22.

In Japan, ‘cute’ is a big deal. You might be familiar with long-tailed tits if you live in the UK. In winter, flocks of these little chirping birds often visit bird feeders, or flit about ...

It took another significant loss for more locals to join together to restore the bird’s natural place on the island. In 2004, a typhoon ripped through the Sea of Japan and destroyed Sado’s ...